David Lubin, American Art And Culture Expert To Speak At U.Va. Nov. 9

October 29, 2002--

WHO: David Lubin, professor of art at Wake Forest University

WHAT: Lecture – “Shooting a President: JFK and the Cult of Images”

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 9, 3:45 p.m.

WHERE: Campbell Hall, Room 160

David Lubin, an expert on American art and culture, will give the keynote address at the Art History Graduate Association annual symposium at the University of Virginia on Saturday, Nov. 9. Lubin will speak at 3:45 p.m. in Campbell Hall, Room 160.

Lubin’s talk, “Shooting a President: JFK and the Cult of Images,” will focus on photographs of John and Jacqueline Kennedy that chronicle their lives from their public courtship in 1953 to Kennedy’s death in Dallas in 1963.

Lubin is the author of “Act of Portrayal: Eakins, Sargent, James;” “Picturing a Nation: Art and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century America;” “Titanic” and his latest book, “Shooting Kennedy.”

For details, contact Sylvia New Strawn at (434) 924-6122 or sns@virginia.edu.

Contact: Jane Ford, (434) 924-4298

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact the Office of University Relations at (434) 924-7116. Television reporters should contact the TV News Office at (434) 924-7550.

SOURCE: U.Va. News Services

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